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SEO & Digital Marketing Expert

SME Careers Contract US, DE, BR

Listed pay: Up to $45 to 65, depending on country / hr

What the posting lists, in US dollars an hour. The rate depends on the country you work from:

  • Up to $65 / hrUnited States, Germany
  • Up to $45 / hrBrazil
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  • LocationRemote, open to United States, Germany, Brazil
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ScreeningA CV-based application, a recorded AI video interview of about 15 minutes, then a review by SME's team. See what to expect
  • How SME Careers paysWeekly, through Deel, for approved work. What SME Careers does not say

Experience

5+ years of professional experience in SEO and/or digital marketing (in-house, agency, or consultancy)

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Role details

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as an SEO & Digital Marketing Subject Matter Expert (SME) to review AI-generated SEO/marketing outputs and/or create expert digital marketing content, evaluating reasoning quality, strategy fit, and step-by-step decision-making while providing precise written feedback. You will assess solutions for accuracy, clarity, brand fit, and adherence to the prompt; identify issues in search intent alignment, keyword strategy, on-page SEO, technical SEO logic, content structure, measurement/attribution, and compliance/claims risk; fact-check where needed; write high-quality explanations and model outputs that demonstrate best practices; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on effectiveness and reasoning quality. This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your SEO and digital marketing expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by making their growth strategy, search optimization, and marketing writing more accurate, reliable, and clearly explained.

Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.

Your profile

  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • 5+ years of professional experience in SEO and/or digital marketing (in-house, agency, or consultancy).
  • Strong command of SEO fundamentals: keyword research, intent mapping, information architecture, internal linking, content briefs, SERP analysis.
  • Working knowledge of technical SEO and site health: crawl/indexation, canonicalization, redirects, sitemaps, Core Web Vitals basics, schema.
  • Strong analytics and measurement instincts: GA4, Search Console, dashboards, experiment design, attribution caveats.
  • Ability to evaluate writing and strategy for clarity, structure, persuasion, and brand voice, including landing pages and SEO blog content.
  • Exceptional attention to detail when spotting weak logic, overclaims, hallucinated facts, or risky marketing claims; minimum C1 English proficiency.
  • Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
  • Previous experience with AI data training/annotation, editorial QA, content ops, or performance marketing review is strongly preferred.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts and gold-standard SEO/digital marketing outputs (content briefs, strategy notes, optimizations, analyses).
  • Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to improve intent match, correctness, clarity, and practical applicability.
  • Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI outputs for inaccuracies, brand-risk claims, policy/compliance pitfalls, and bias; validate reliability across use cases.

From the SME Careers posting.

Skills the posting asks for

  • English
  • Digital PR
  • Analytics (GA4)
  • CRO
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Link Building
  • SEO Strategy
  • Keyword Research
  • Search Intent
  • On-Page SEO
  • Technical SEO
  • Content Optimization

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What happens after you click

  1. The link opens this role on SME Careers. Sign up and apply from there.
  2. Create an SME Careers account, then complete the application: a CV as a PDF or your education and work history, your languages and your country. The link opens the application with this role already selected.
  3. Take the AI interview for the role: a recorded video interview of about 15 minutes, in English for most roles, best on a desktop computer.
  4. If you pass, SME's team reviews your profile and may invite you to a short call. If screening succeeds you sign a contract through Deel, verify your identity and link Discord, then wait for a project invitation.
  5. The work is paid by the hour at up to $45–65 an hour, depending on country. Each country's rate is listed at the top of this page.
  6. Remote, open to Brazil, Germany and United States. The posting also names countries this site does not cover.
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